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TIL: Google has map that visualizes major cyber attacks around the world as they happen

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KJEE TIL in WWII the Japanese sent over 9000 “Fire Balloons”, carrying varying payloads of bombs across the pacific to the United States through the use of a jet stream. An estimated 900 of these balloons are believed to have reached North America.
e0OVg TIL to never use laser pointers to play with your dog. It causes frustration (triggering the dog's prey drive but does not give closure), and can cause anxiety, confusion, and neurotic and obsessive-compulsive behaviors including becoming reactive to flashes of light and moving shadows.
0w8JL TIL about Michel Lotito. Throughout his life he ate 18 bicycles, seven TV sets, two beds, 15 supermarket trolleys, a computer, a coffin (handles and all), a pair of skis, six chandeliers and an airplane (Cessna 150) piece by piece.
grOZ4 TIL During WW1, senior officers in the British Royal Flying Corps banned their pilots from having parachutes, claiming they would encourage pilots to bail out rather than continue fighting.
ADJyn TIL that the Zeppelin company is still alive and still producing airships